I have been an activist for the
cause of freedom for 37 years. I have always worked to preserve and
defend the ideals of our Founding Fathers, including individual liberty,
limited government, and free markets. I have worked both inside and
outside of political parties and as an activist in the grassroots.
I have suffered defeat and celebrated a few victories. Throughout
the battles I have always been the optimist, urging on battle-weary
troops, believing that in the end the fight for right will win.

However, in November of last year,
I watched with horror while the lame duck session of the 108th Congress
passed one assault on liberty after another; bills that we had fought
to derail during the regular session.

First, Congress passed a 3,000-page
bill, which most Representatives didn�t even read, to implement a
national identification card and strengthen the already horrendous
Patriot Act. Then Congress passed a mandatory and universal mental
health-screening bill that will force our children to take mind-altering
psychotropic drugs.

In the heat of the session, we
again stopped the �new civics� bill that would indoctrinate our children
to accept globalism rather than American ideals. However after we
won that fight for the second time, Congress simply changed the name
of the bill and passed it anyway. All of these were bills Congress
didn�t have the guts to pass until they were safely reelected and
covered by the dark of night.

Of course, the lame duck session
was only the icing on the cake. We�ve all watched over the past several
years as one liberty after another has disappeared. Our once free
nation, where individuals were protected as they made their own decisions
about how to live life, now finds almost every aspect of American
life controlled by government. We have become a nation ruled by food
police, smoking police, government medical care, energy czars, education
czars, immigration czars, and intelligence czars. Soon, in the name
of �election reform,� our system of selecting our local representatives
may be controlled by a federal election czar.

We aren�t allowed to close our
borders because that wouldn�t be fair to people who want to ignore
our laws. We are told that English is just one language spoken in
this country. Our religion is no longer permitted on public lands
that our tax dollars pay for. Now we are to have a National ID card
that we must show to open a bank account, get on a plane, or buy a
gun. Government at all levels no longer serves to protect our liberties
and property. Rather, government�s only purpose is to rule, regulate,
restrict, license, tax, assess, confiscate, and redistribute our possessions
to some unnamed stakeholder.

No longer can our nation call itself
the beacon of freedom in the world. In fact, the Heritage Foundation
has just released its 2005 Index of Economic Freedom, and for the
very first time, the United States isn�t even in the top ten free
nations. We are tied with Switzerland for 12th place. Clearly, American
liberty is dying.

Through it all I have fought, trying
to stem the tide and find a way to win. But during the lame duck session,
as the outrageous votes came, one after another, I must tell you,
something snapped in me. An anger rose in my gut that I simply could
not ignore. It became all too clear to me how badly we are outgunned,
out-organized, and out-financed by the enemies of freedom.

The other side has massive foundations
like Ford, Rockefeller and Pew (to name a very few) that have literally
billions of dollars to pour into the fight. Meanwhile, we are a rag
tag band of �mom and pop� groups whose members cash their paychecks
on Friday night, and head for Kinkos to make copies of materials to
hand out in meetings or on street corners on Saturday.

We try to balance the news media�s
bias with letters to the editor and we hope our footwork and sweat
in campaigns will counter the millions of dollars dumped into elected
officials� pockets. Like Washington�s soldiers at Valley Forge, we
are barefoot, poorly armed, and freezing in the cold, facing certain
extinction. Clearly, such a situation will never lead to a victory
for freedom unless, like Washington, we find a new way to fight. The
fact is, it doesn�t have to be this way.

You see, our movement is actually
a vast outreach of dedicated, smart, hardworking activists. We are
property rights activists; Second Amendment defenders; parentally-controlled-education
proponents; free enterprise advocates; tax opponents; family autonomy
champions; personal privacy protectors; guardians of American independence
and sovereignty; conservatives; libertarians and Christians. There
are millions of us, but we are all scattered to the four winds. We
need a place to gather together; to share information; to issue action
alerts on a massive scale; to carry the freedom message; to bring
all of these diverse issues together; and above all, to raise money
for the cause. But how? It should be obvious to all of us by now that
no rich foundations or big money men are coming to help us. So we
have to do it ourselves.

That�s why I have spent the past
several months creating a very simple plan; one that will do all of
the above, especially raising funds, without anyone in the movement
having to spend any more time, or spend any more money than they already
do in their everyday lives.

My goal is to bring more than one
million freedom fighters together; one million freedom fighters taking
action when the alerts are issued; one million freedom fighters sharing
information and coming together into one mighty fist. Above all, my
plan can put more than $24 million a year directly into the Freedom
movement. Here�s how.

I have created a full service Internet
provider strictly for the freedom movement. It�s called Freedom21.com.
You will get an e-mail address that carries the freedom message every
time you correspond on the Internet, (your name @ Freedom21.com).
You will get news with your point of view. No longer will you have
to suffer through biased news supplied by CNN or the big three networks.
Freedom21.com will feature commentaries from leading advocates of
freedom. Imagine being able to tell the entire freedom movement of
special meetings, conferences, or important activities in local communities
through a �Freedom Message Board� and action alerts.

Above all, for the first time,
freedom�s activists won�t be putting their Internet access subscription
money into the pockets of those who scorn their beliefs and fund their
opponents, like Ted Turner and AOL, or Bill Gates at Microsoft. Even
more important, Freedom 21.com will donate $2 of every subscription
fee, every month, to the freedom organization of the subscriber�s
choice. That means your money will be working for your cause even
while you are just living your everyday life.

One million subscribers will provide
more than $24 million every year to our movement. That money will
help pay for campaign training schools; seed money for new organizations;
lawsuits; media campaigns; legislative battles; research; all of the
tools we need to win the battle for freedom.

A subscription to Freedom21.com
is only $15.99 per month for full dial-up service, including a network
of thousands of local phone numbers and 24 hour per day technical
service. Users of DSL, cable, or those who just want to continue with
their current internet provider may pay a simple membership fee of
$6.99 per month and still get the Freedom21.com e-mail address, action
alerts, commentaries, message board, and of course, $2 of the membership
fee will certainly go to the freedom group of their choice.

Keep in mind, no other Internet
provider puts money directly into the pockets of groups who support
the mission of freedom. Local and national groups, radio talk shows,
and Internet news sites are all welcome to become participating partners
and receive the $2 from their own members, listeners, and readers
who subscribe to Freedom21.com.

Those who carry a passion for the
ideals of liberty as described in the Declaration of Independence
and the U.S. Constitution will feel at home on Freedom21.com.

I�m taking this action because
I�m tired of being a mere speck that powerful forces can squash at
will. I live a good life. I get to travel and speak out on issues
I passionately believe in. It�s flattering to speak to friendly audiences,
or have folks shake my hand, or praise my work. But it�s not enough.
I want to win!

I believe Freedom21.com
gives us an opportunity to begin to turn the fight around. New ideas
for the movement will spring up, funded by the seeds sown by Freedom21.com.
But this is the starting place. This is our gathering place on the
Internet. This is our chance to declare a new kind of war against
those who threaten our liberties. Finally, we can have the money and
the fist we�ve always needed.

To make it all a reality I need
one million freedom fighters to join Freedom21.com.
Will you join me now and be one of the first to switch to the new
fight for freedom? Join my efforts at Freedom21.com
and let�s start winning.

Tom DeWeese is the publisher/editor of The DeWeese
Report and president of the American Policy Center, an activist, grassroots
think tank headquartered in Warrenton, VA. The Center maintains an Internet
site at www.americanpolicy.org.